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9/11Civil War Diaries of James W. Jessee 1861-1865
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- Publication date
- 1997
- Usage
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
- Topics
- McLean County history, Illinois history, Civil War, diary, Civil War, Illinois History, diary
- Collection
- opensource
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 668.1M
This is a transcript of the diaries of James W. Jessee. James joined the 8th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry in July of 1861. He began keeping a diary at at that time. His entries continue through the three years of his service, until he was mustered out of service at Springfield, Illinois in August of 1864. The diary entries continue for another 17 months, until December 31, 1865, providing insights into the life of a young farmer in central Illinois.
This published work should be very helpful for Civil War researchers, Civil War reenactors, McLean County genealogy researchers, and for agricultural history researchers. James W. Jessee's attention of recording every details of his finances, that of his Civil War experiences, and his farm life experiences is very enlightening to life in the 1860s.
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